Berkshire Echoes Mark 50th Anniversary Operatic Tie
The Berkshire week featured 50th anniversary events tied to Giovanni Martinelli with a city dinner where Mayor Allen Bagg received the keys to the city. The Rosas and local celebrities hosted a gala for the tenor, aiding Mt. Carmel Church, while Britten’s 59th birthday was noted alongside his Berkshire stay and ties to Tanglewood.
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Robards and Bacall Win 1963 Drama Arts Award
Jason Robards Jr and his wife Lauren Bacall honored for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts award. The academy counts Edward G Robinson Cecil B DeMille Kirk Douglas and Rosalind Russell among its notable alumni.
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Edward G. Robinson
Cecil B. de Mille
Kirk Douglas
Rosalind Russell
Tyrone Guthrie Theater Finishes First Season In The Black
Minneapolis AP reports Tyrone Guthrie Theater completed its first season with total income of 721941 and net revenue of 86933 after expenses. From May 7 to Sept 22, 158 performances drew 194000 spectators, an average attendance of 77.7 percent. Top plays were The Three Sisters followed by The Miser Death of a Salesman and Hamlet.
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Danny Kaye Serves as UN Child Fund Ambassador
Ambassador-at-large Danny Kaye made six trips abroad for the United Nations International Children’s Fund, representing the organization in various international engagements.
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Television previews for the coming week schedule
A list of TV programs for the upcoming week notes NBC CBS and ABC offerings. Highlights include University of Massachusetts quizzers on the GE College Bowl, Fractured Flickers breaking Blood and Sand, The Best on Record with Bob Hope Crosby Sinatra and others, and Tuesday entries such as The Richard Boone Show Pacemaker and The New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert. Thursday covers Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and Green Bay Packers versus Detroit Lions plus Texas vs Texas A&M. Friday features The Fifth Passenger with Mel Ferrer and Leo Genn.
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Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Lore Greene
Betty White
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David Wayne
Texas
New York
Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions
Texas A & M
Record Co Uses Simin Sound Film For Recordings
New York UPI reports the Record Company uses Simin sound film instead of conventional tape for making recordings. No light the executive director used 9,000 feet of film for a record titled 968: The Years Most Popular Themes, a movie theme album. The average motion picture uses 7,500 feet of film.
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Bea Benaderet began show business as child singer
San Francisco star Bea Benaderet, later famed for Petticoat Junction on CBS, started her career at age 12 as a featured vocalist on a local radio station in San Francisco.
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Bea Benaderet
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Petticoat Junction
Sheinwold on Bridge Wrong Insurance Links Contract
Bridge column recounts a hand where Sandy Kessler, a Los Angeles insurance executive, comments on an insurance misfit during play. The article explains declarer missteps, ruffing choices, and how South could have insured the contract with proper trump management and a single diamond lead. It also includes the puzzle bidding: with North holding AKS32 and other suits, the recommended bid is three hearts to show strong trump support.
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Gleton
TV Profile Irene Ryan Is Happy Hillbilly Granny
Irene Ryan, real life Granny Clampett, lives in a two bedroom Santa Monica house with sister Anna Thompson. She keeps a 1963 Buick, works on The Beverly Hillbillies, tours with co stars, and saves for the future while enjoying bridge, piano, Irish beef stew, and her cat Pat.
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UPI
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Granny
Irene
Anna Thompson
Santa Monica
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Pat
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Donna Douglas
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Beverly Hillbillies
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Albatross to Open in London Before Broadway
The play Albatross by Howard Koch, inspired by the lives of Charles and Mary Lamb, will debut at Joan Littlewood's Theater Royal in London before heading to Broadway in a transatlantic tryout pattern set by recent seasons.
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London
Broadway
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Charles
Mary Lamb
Joan Littlewood
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Gene Kelly advances to producer of Robin and the 7 Hoods
Hollywood reports Gene Kelly has completed a career arc from musical star to dramatic actor and director. His next project will be producing the film Robin and the 7 Hoods, marking a new phase in his era-spanning career.
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